§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Prime Minister if she will provide the final figures for 1988–89 and the estimate for 1989–90 for(a) the cost of maintaining and running 10 Downing street and additional cost at Chequers, (b) the grant-in-aid to the Chequers Trust and (c) the costs on a consistent basis and expressed at constant 1984–85 prices.
§ The Prime MinisterThe figures requested are as follows: 355W
(a) Cost of maintaining and running 10 Downing street and additional costs at Chequers1 2 3 £ 1988–89 6,593,793 51989–90 6,409,232
(b) Grant-in-aid to the Chequers Trust £ 1988–89 238,000 1989–90 238,000
(c) Costs at (a) and (b) in 1984–85 price terms4 £ 1988–89 (a) 5,369,530 (b) 193,810 51989–90 (a) 4,944,947 (b) 183,625 Notes:
1 The figures include costs at both 10 Downing street and Chequers; the information is not available by location.
2 Salaries and wages, notional pension liability, administration costs, the costs of office services and the grant-in-aid to the 356W Chequers Trust are included. The salary of the Prime Minister is excluded.
3 These totals are calculated on a consistent basis with the total for 1986–87 in sub-paragraph (a) of the reply to the hon. Member on 23 October 1987 at column 846. If office services costs are excluded (to produce a figure consistent with those at sub-paragraph (c) of that reply) the totals are:
£ £ 1988–89 6,063,266 64,937,505 1989–90 5,841,190 64,506,683 4 Constant costs have been calculated using deflator for 1987–88 rebased to 1984–85. 5 Estimate. 6 At 1984–85 prices.